John Lydon of the Sex Pistols has opened up about his financial struggles, which he said have worsened after losing a legal battle against his former bandmates last month.Lydon was sued after refusing to license the group’s music for inclusion in Danny Boyle’s upcoming biopic series, Pistol, with guitarist Steve Jones and drummer Paul Cook legally challenging his veto.According to Jones and Cook’s lawyer, Edmund Cullen, the band agreed in 1998 that all decisions about licensing requests could be determined on a “majority rules” basis.
This was upheld in High Court ruling on August 23.Now, in an interview with The Telegraph, Lydon has slammed his former bandmates as “evil” and said he is “seriously in a state of financial ruin” following the.
Read more on nme.com